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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kansas is not particularly earthquake prone, ranking 45th out of 50 states by damage caused.<sup id="cite_ref-KGS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KGS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the north-central part of the state, particularly <a href="/wiki/Riley_County,_Kansas" title="Riley County, Kansas">Riley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pottawatomie_County,_Kansas" title="Pottawatomie County, Kansas">Pottawatomie</a> counties, is the most prone to earthquakes. The Humboldt Fault had the largest earthquake in Kansas history with the <a href="/wiki/1867_Manhattan,_Kansas_earthquake" title="1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake">1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake</a>. It happened near the town of <a href="/wiki/Wamego,_Kansas" title="Wamego, Kansas">Wamego</a> and was estimated at 5.5 on the <a href="/wiki/Richter_scale" title="Richter scale">Richter scale</a>. 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